Elias Pettersson has two points in his last seven games. It would be hard to deny he is likely being affected by how the team is getting covered right now. "I know I can do better," Pettersson said. "I will be the first one to say it,

Over the past week and a half, Canucks general manager Patrik Allvin and director of player personnel Scott Young took in a series of World Junior games in Ottawa, watched Vancouver’s AHL affiliate in Laval and were in attendance together to witness the Canucks’ 5-4 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday.

Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his second goal of the game late in overtime, Logan Thompson made 30 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 despite another sluggish performance.

Games between teams based on opposite sides of the continent, that only see each other twice a year, rarely come with the kind of edge that the Washington Capitals’ date with the Vancouver Canucks did Wednesday night at Capital One Arena.